From: Francois Romieu netdev_priv() will provide a nice oops a few lines before the BUG_ON() check. Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/net/8139cp.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/net/8139cp.c~8139cp-removal-of-useless-bug_on-check drivers/net/8139cp.c --- a/drivers/net/8139cp.c~8139cp-removal-of-useless-bug_on-check +++ a/drivers/net/8139cp.c @@ -2009,7 +2009,6 @@ static void cp_remove_one (struct pci_de struct net_device *dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev); struct cp_private *cp = netdev_priv(dev); - BUG_ON(!dev); unregister_netdev(dev); iounmap(cp->regs); if (cp->wol_enabled) _